coolant temp sensor help...

[stinkysGTI]

ok, I need to change my coolant temp sensor. I got one from worldwide auto parts and went to change it out yesterday. However, I found that the new one, won't fit :(

i got the wiring harness off and before i took the sensor out of the block, tried plugging the new one in. The new one is a square shape and the old one is more rounded. Anyone who had playschool toys as a kid, knows squares DO NOT fit into circles :D

This is what the existing one looks like with the wiring harness off
http://www.stinkysstool.com/temp-sensor-01.jpg

and this is what it looks like with the harness on
http://www.stinkysstool.com/temp-sensor-02.jpg

This is the temp sensor I got from worldwide
http://www.stinkysstool.com/temp-sensor-03.jpg

Any advice would help. They say its the right part, yet won't fit. I'm gonna go to a VW place and see what they say.
Please respond if you have any helpful info

[burn_your_money]

Bring it back. It's obviously not the right part. No sence hacking up your wiring harness over something as simple as a temp sensor

[stinkysGTI]

yeah, i went to a dealership cause i knew theyd have it right and sure enough, the one they gave me is D shaped.
So im gonna take that one back

[burn_your_money]

How much did it cost you?

[Mr_Diesel]

That square one looks like the ones they stick on the coolant flange of the 2.0s...

[stinkysGTI]

yeah Diesel, that's exactly what it is; a 2.0 sensor

and burn_your_money - it was $32 at the dealership. I wouldn't have gone there unless I had to, but for some reason, nobody had it. I called all over.

So I figured for an extra 10 bucks, I'd make the sacrafice :)

and the wrong one was 24 i think... maybe 22


thanks for all the input guys :)

[burn_your_money]

$32 isn't that bad.
Good to hear you got it figured out. Is the car better now?

[stinkysGTI]

yeah, it did
before it would start crappy about 1 out of every 6 starts... it's been nice n clean ever since :D